Rambus, Nvidia among early tech gainers

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks showed some signs of life Friday in an attempt to come back from several consecutive days of losses. Among the gainer were Rambus Inc.
RMBS, -1.20%
which rose $1.73 a share, or almost 10%, to $19.75 after the chip-technology licensing company said it signed a patent-license agreement with Nvidia Corp. For its part, Nvidia
NVDA, -1.08%
shares rose 39 cents, or more than 4%, to $9.39. Other gains came from Hewlett-Packard Co.
HPQ, -0.23%
Dell Inc.
dell
EMC Corp.
EMC, -1.87%
and Micron Technology Inc.
MU, +1.63%
The Nasdaq Composite Index
$compq
fell 8 points to 2,181.

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